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The Coming Botched Nuclear Negotiations with Iran

Bruno Pellaud | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Obama Administration, Ali Larijani, Thomas Pickering, Iran Nuclear Program, Uranium Enrichment, Iran, World News
Bruno Pellaud

To secure an Iran without nuclear weapons, a more rational approach will be needed, an approach with strong sanctions complemented by specific technical proposals, negotiated in a bilateral framework.

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Rape and the Republic: Iran's Victims Speak Out

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Kayhan Newspaper, Nader Sani, Taraneh Mousavi, Kahrizak Prison, Evin Prison, Rape, Divorce, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian, Iranian Presidential Election, Prison Rape, Democracy, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Supreme Leader, Prison Abuse, Systematic Rape, Shahram Azam, Ali Khamenei, Iranian Newspaper, Etemaad-E Melli, Mehdi Karroubi, Ali Larijani, Ziba Kazemi, Babak Daad, Sexual Violation, Hossein Shariatmadari, Nina Aghdam, Azar Ale-Kanan, Iranian Political Prisoners, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

This week, Mehdi Karroubi came under fire for stating what for decades has been public knowledge in Iran: The systematic rape of political prisoners as a means of permanently disabling them from society, let alone from political activity.

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Ali Larijani, Iran Speaker, Denies Prisoner Rape Allegations

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top opposition leader said Wednesday that the abuse and death of protesters detained after the disputed presidential elect...

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Biden Israel-Iran Statements Cause Storm Of Regional Responses

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

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The effects of Vice President Joe Biden's recent remarks during an interview with ABC's "This Week"--where he implied that Israel has a sovereign righ...

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Iran: Is Larijani the New Rafsanjani?

John Ghazvinian | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Assembly of Experts, Iran Election, Majles, Ali Larijani, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, World News
John Ghazvinian

Where should we be looking for an early indication of which way things might go in Iran's election crisis? Two words: Watch Larijani.

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Leadership in Peril: Iranians Won't Wait Out Recount

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Demonstrations, Silent Protest, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Presidential Election, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Khamenei, Rallies, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Unemployment, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Ali Larijani, Inflation, Protests, Government Control, Recount, Iranians, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

Thanks to these demonstrations, Mousavi is now firmly coming into his own as the leader of the opposition, and unless Ayotollah Khamenei acts fast, Ahmadinejad won't be the only one who has to step aside.

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Iran's 20 Most Powerful People: Newsweek

Newsweek | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Ali Jafari, Iran Election, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran 20 Most Powerful, Khatami, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Newsweek, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Khatami, Middle East, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Larijani, Advocacy, World News

Power and public discourse in the Islamic Republic are dominated by fewer than two dozen heavyweights, ranging from ayatollahs to entertainers (and on...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, US Military, Sco, World Cup, Afghanistan, Drug War, Ignoramus, Dalai Lama, Pakistan, North Korea, Mexico, Iran, Drugs, Tibet, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, War on Drugs, Taliban, South Africa, g20, Barack Obama, Pyongyang, Lisbon Treaty, Missile Launch, Chinese Military, American Journalists, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ali Larijani, China, Czech Republic, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: A Failed Mexican State? Facts: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Mexico and committed more ...

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Ali Larijani, Iranian Parliament Speaker, Slams Obama's Nowruz Greeting

New York Times | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Iran, Barack Obama Iran Statement, Nowruz, Obama Iran Talks, Obama Iran Policy, Iran, Obama Iran Message, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Obama Nowruz Message, Saddam Hussein, Iranian New Year, Ali Larijani, Obama Iran Engagement, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

Ali Larijani, the speaker of Iran's Parliament, on Wednesday criticized the United States in harsher terms than any other leading Iranian figure has d...

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